Sad-iron



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G. A. STOGKWELL 82: W. D. ENSOR.

SAD IRON.

PatentedJune 18, 1889.

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' SAD IRON.

No. 405,617. Patented June 18, 1889.

BY CAO A3.vuanw ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. STOCKIVELL AND \VILLIAM D. ENSOR, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,617, dated June 18, 18189. Application filed September 12, 1888- Serial No. 285,178- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES A. S'rocK- wELL and WILLIAM D. ENsoR, citizens of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of smoothing or sad irons which are heated by the internal application of a gas-flame. In this instance gas and compressed air are mixed and supplied to the heating-burner.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the improved iron. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the iron. Fig. 3 is an end view of the top plug. Fig. i is a side elevation of the plug and burner. Fig. 5 shows two views of the burner-disk. Fig. 6 shows two views of the burner-bushing which confines the burner-disk. Fig. 7 is a view of the,iron with the gas and air pipe connections. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the iron, showing a modification.

The body A of the iron may have any desired shape, and has a cavity or chamber A, provided with a burner B, and at one end has a door or gate 0, which opens and closes on hinges a and aitords access to the said chamber, and is opened when it is desired to light the burner.

The burner B may be attached'to the top I) of the chamber and open downward, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to direct the flame against the bottom, or it may be attached to the bottom d and open upward, as shown in Fig. 8. In either case the top I) of the chamber has an opening 0, which is closed by a screw-plug D. By removing this plug access is afiorded to the burner. The top plug D has some suit able provision-like a square head-to receive a wrench, whereby it may be readilyturned. A duct 6 in the burner conveys the mixed gas and air to the disk f of wire gauze, or it may be a perforated plate. The disk is confined to its position by a ring or bushing g, which 'also serves as the opening or mouth of the burner. The burner-disk f is confined between ashoulder h and the said bushing g. In case the burner is attached to the bottom (l of the chamber, as in Fig. 8, the top openingc is necessary to enable the disk and bushing of the burner to be put in position and to be renewed or repaired, and, on the other hand, in case the burner disk and bushing are connected with the plug D, and thereby attached to the top of the chamben'the said top opening 0 is likewise necessary.

The body of the iron has a duct 6, which leads to the duct e of the burner. This duct 6' is bored and its end closed by a plug 1'. The duct Q has at one end an opening, by which it may be connected with a gas-supply pipe or passage, by means of which gas may be supplied in the interior of the sad-iron.

The burner shown in Figs. 1 and 4: has an exterior annular groove 6 where the screwthread 0 of the top plug D is. The duct 6 in the burner has a right-angled bend, and the upper part opens laterally at the annular groove 2 which, when the plug D is in proper position, coincides with the duct 6 in the body of the iron. This arrangement of an nular groove 6 to make connection with the duct 6 in the iron insures a full fllow of gas and air to the burner, for it will not make any difference whether the screw-plug D is turned more or less.

A tube nozzl e F is attached to the iron and makes connection with the duct 6. hen the iron is in use, a hose or flexible supply-pipe G is attached to this nozzle.

A handle II, of wood or some poor conductor of heat, is attached by the end pieces j to the iron. A flat shieldplate I is provided between the top of the iron and the handle, and is supported upon studs which form a space 70, that separates the iron and shield-plate. The shield-plateIrests upon the studs Z,which are on the upper surface of the iron A, and screws m pass down through the handle end pieces j, shield-plate I, and into the studs Z. Thus thestuds Z serve for attaching the handle to and also for su iwporting the shieldplate.

The gas and air pipes are shown in Fig. 7. The gas--pipe .I has a cock 12, and the air-pipe L has a cock 0. The two pipes unite and form one supply-pipe G, to which the fiexible pipeor hose G is attached.

Any suitable air-compress1ng apparatus may be employed. The air-supply cock 0 may be used to control the supply of compressed air, so as to use more or less, and

thereby regulate the character of the heatingflame within the chamber of the iron.

The modification shown in Fig. 8 locates the burner at the bottom. A deflector P is supported Over the burner, and is attached to the screw-plug D by a screw q.

Irons of this kind may be used for a variety of purposes, oneuse being for pressing hat-bodies.

Having described our invention,we claim- 1. A sad-iron having a chamber A provided in the top with an opening a, and a screw-plug D,closingthe opening, and a burner in the chamber having a perforated or wiregauze disk f, confined by a mouth-ring g, as set forth.

2. A sad-ir0n having a chamberA, provided in the top with an opening 0, and a screwplug D and a duct 6' in the iron-body closed by a plugz', and a burner within the chamber having a duct with a right-angled bend which connects with the said duct in the iron-body, as described.

3. A sad-iron having a chamber A, provided with a top opening 0, and a duct 6 in the ironbody closed by a plug 11, and a screw-plug D, closing the top opening 0 and having attached a burner whose supply-duct e is in communication with the said duct in the iron-body, substantially as described.

4. A sad-iron having a chamber A, provided with a top opening a and a duct in the ironbody, and a screw supply-plug D, for closing said opening, and having an exterior annular groove 6 and a burner whose supply-duct 6 opens at said annular groove.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. STOOKWELL. WILLIAM D. ENSOR. WVitnesses:

JOHN E. lVIORRIS, M10. '1. MADDOX. 

